From Wed Jul 09 20:15:57 1997
>Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 16:35:23 +0000
>From: “David L. Riley” >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; I; 68K)
>To: brooksar@indy.net
>CC: Tim Lanzendoerfer , mahan@microwrks.com
>Subject: Re: CABOT etc.
>Precendence: bulk
>Sender: mahan-owner@microworks.net
>
>Brooks A Rowlett wrote:
> >
> > Tim Lanzendoerfer wrote:
> > >
> > >. Wasn’t San Jacinto the
> > > vessel from which former President Bush flew when he was shot down?
> >
> > I think that’s correct. Former President Gerald Ford served as
> > a surface Navy officer on another of these vessels, but I can’t
> > remember which….
> >
> > -BR
>
> According to “Presidents of WWII,” one of the Pentagon’s 50th
>Anniversary of WWII handouts, here’s who served on what vessels:
>
>Kennedy: PT-109
>Ford: USS Monterey
>Carter: USS Wyoming, USS Mississippi, USS Pomfret
>Bush: USS San Jacinto, USS Finback (sort of: shot down, rescued by
>Finback, spent remainer of sub’s patrol aboard)
>
>LBJ and RMN served in the US Navy in the Pacific but not at sea.
>
> You can see more on President Bush’s naval career on the USS San
>Jacinto at: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq10-1.htm
>
> – David Riley

Posted via email from mahan’s posterous